South Stradbroke

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 101 people in South Stradbroke of these 63.4% were male and 36.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in South Stradbroke was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in South Stradbroke aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 35.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Stradbroke was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 54 years.

In South Stradbroke, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Stradbroke was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 60 years.

In South Stradbroke 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.9% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Stradbroke were English 34.9%, Australian 20.2%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.4% and Maori 2.8%.

In South Stradbroke, 55.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.0% and England 7.0%.

In South Stradbroke, 56.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Stradbroke were Catholic 23.5%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 16.7%, Buddhism 2.9% and Lutheran 2.9%.

In South Stradbroke 72.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 37 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Stradbroke. Of these 43.2% were employed full time, 16.2% were employed part-time and 32.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Stradbroke, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Stradbroke was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The only other responses for occupation in South Stradbroke were Labourers 28.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 24.0%, Professionals 20.0%, Managers 16.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%.

Of the employed people in South Stradbroke, the only responses for industry of employent were Accommodation 44.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 20.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 12.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Stradbroke was $387.

In South Stradbroke, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.8%, Bicycle 16.7%, Car, as passenger 12.5%, Other 12.5% and Ferry, bicycle 12.5%. On the day, 16.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Stradbroke, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.5% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in South Stradbroke, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Stradbroke, 18.8% were couple families with children, 81.2% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In South Stradbroke 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Stradbroke, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In South Stradbroke, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Stradbroke, 33.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Stradbroke, 8.9% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 84.4% were other dwellings.

In South Stradbroke, of occupied private dwellings 31.1% had 1 bedroom, 33.3% had 2 bedrooms and 6.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.5. The average household size was 1.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Stradbroke, 73.9% were owned outright, 8.7% were owned with a mortgage and 6.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Stradbroke, of all households, 32.6% were family households, 67.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In South Stradbroke, 60.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In South Stradbroke, 56.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 6.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Stradbroke, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In South Stradbroke, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In South Stradbroke, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.